teallach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tellach, from Old Irish tenlach, from the root of tine (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲal̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲal̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

teallach m (genitive singular teallaigh, nominative plural teallaigh)

1. fireplace (open hearth)
2. hearthstone

Declension

Declension of teallach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative teallach tteallaigh Vocative a thteallaigh a theallacha Genitive tteallaigh teallach Dative teallach tteallaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an teallach na tteallaigh Genitive an tteallaigh na dteallach Dative leis an teallach don teallach leis na tteallaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teallach	theallach	dteallach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “teallach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tellach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “teallaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 725
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79